Ending Wedding Gifts

Today, Matthew Yglesias argues that we should "just say no" to wedding gifts.

A Conversation With a Kyrgyz Schoolteacher About Wedding Customs (And Costs)

The cost of a wedding in Kyrgyzstan.

A Thank You to My Daughter for Her Untraditional Wedding

Soon after her announcement, I received an e-mail invitation to a "Barbecue Wedding." What? No official wedding invitations? The dress is casual, the invitation said. Casual? I read on. Please bring a dish? No filet mignon, or stuffed chicken?

Things You Don’t Have to Do

Nobody is forcing you to go to weddings.

Where Should We Stay for the Wedding?

S thought it might be fun to have some/all of the bridesmaids stay in a few houses near the venue, and her mom has reserved some houses. Below I've pasted the links to the places her mom reserved, as well as how many bedrooms each place has, and how much it will cost per night (these places might say they have no availability for the nights we need, but that's because she's already booked them).

Should Your Wedding Gift Cover Your Meal?

How much should you have to spend on a wedding gift?

Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off

Apparently, "250,000 weddings are called off every year," which disrupts the Wedding Industrial Complex because it leaves a bunch of venue and vendors hanging. But this Bridal Brokerage firm will buy your cancelled wedding so you can recover some of your deposits back, and resells it to couples who are looking to have "beautiful, pre-planned weddings at a fraction of the price."

Open Laptop, “Attend” Wedding

The Ruettingers spent $200 to connect their videocamera to a streaming server, but there are also streaming services that provide professional videographers at a cost of $800-$3,000, according to this WSJ story. Of course, you could always just skip the whole thing altogether.

Getting Married, But Without the Wedding

We got married in a judge's private office on a Friday afternoon. Besides my husband, the only other people present were my sister, and three close friends. I told my parents a week before we got married what our plans were, and they asked, "Why so quickly? What's the hurry?" It wasn't quick or sudden for us; we'd been talking about getting married for months. The major impediment we kept circling around was that we didn't want a wedding.

The Wedding Industrial Complex Around the World

I have one more wedding to attend this year. It's going to be in Texas next week, and will be amazing.